Yoon Ha Lee wrote:
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> On Sunday, October 21, 2001, at 06:58 , Andreas Johansson wrote:
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> > YHL wrote:
> >> A mathematician is a machine for turning coffee into theorems.--Paul
> >> Erdos
That's a good one. Reminds me of "A flashlight is a device for holding
empty batteries." and "The shin is a sensory organ for detecting
sharp-edged obstacles."
> > If so, is a coffee machine a device for turning theorems into money?
Hunh? I fail to see in which way a coffee machine receives theorems as
an input. Anybody care to explain?
-- Christian Thalmann